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Roadmap to Recovery

The Roadmap to Recovery is designed to help local leaders navigate the myriad challenges and uncertainties of COVID-19, and help build an economy that’s more resilient than ever.
  • News

COVID-19: How We Move Forward

Our approach to economic recovery and resilience in the new COVID-19 reality and aftermath.
  • Blog

5 Tips for Facilitating a Virtual Workshop

When the time comes where we can engage on a more personal level we will have a whole new set of virtual tools available to add value to our work.

Tools & Insights

Find our latest tools and insights, including webinars, toolkits, research, blogs, and more. Filter by topic and media type to refine your search.

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  • Blog
Jillian's Farewell Letter
Jillian Sutherland shares a farewell to Community Builders as she takes the next step in her career.
  • Civic Health
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  • Community
  • Blog
Prioritizing People for Stronger Community Building
Guest writer Jamie Finney from the Greater Colorado Venture Fund shares examples from the road of how prioritizing people is the best way to build a stronger community.
  • Civic Health
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  • Community
  • Blog
Parklets Bring New Life to the ‘Last of the Old West’
Guest writer Susan Scarlata discusses how Jackson's parklet project may be one of the most positive outgrowths of the COVID-19 pandemic in their community.
  • Placemaking
  • Blog
Why You Should Care About Your City's Budget
  • Community
  • Blog
Public Engagement Is Not a One-Night Stand
We often approach our public engagement process with a “one and done” mentality. We hope these engagement insights will give you some laughs this Valentine's Day.
  • Civic Health
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  • Leadership
  • Blog
Exploring Housing Segregation in the West
There is a common misconception in smaller and rural Western communities that “we don’t have racial equity problems here”. Our experience tells us that statement is wrong.
  • Equity
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  • Housing
  • Blog
How COVID is Impacting the Housing Market
We've gathered some articles that we've found especially interesting and informational in relation to housing in the West during the pandemic.
  • Housing
  • Blog
Confessions from an ADU Bandit
In the spirit of coming clean for the holidays, I have a confession to make—I had a bandit ADU. (Earmuffs on please, local City employees.)
  • Housing
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  • Land Use
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  • Research
Proof We're Not Building Enough Housing
The West is one of the fastest growing regions in the country, and its had major impacts on housing.
  • Housing
  • Blog
Housing Hits: 4 Recommendations from Past Plans
We’ve highlighted four “housing hits” from past projects and check in on those communities to see how they have implemented their housing solutions.
  • Assistance
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  • Housing
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  • Land Use
  • Blog
Zoning Code: Presents vs Coal Addition
This holiday season, Community Builders wants to help you dig out those lumps of coal in your zoning code and replace them with presents that will enable more affordable housing.
  • Housing
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  • Land Use
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  • Toolkit
12 Days of Housing
As we prepare to celebrate this holiday season during a very turbulent year, we’re focusing on one of our priorities that feels especially important right now: housing.
  • Housing
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